“Never Seen Something Like That”: Ben Stokes’ Massive Take On Ranchi Pitch | Cricket News

England cricket staff skipper Ben Stokes was bowled over by the pitch for the fourth Test match in opposition to India in Ranchi and stated that he has “never seen anything like that before”. The match beginning Friday is a must-win for the guests in the event that they need to clinch the sequence as they at present path 1-2 within the five-match sequence. In a latest interview, Stokes stated that he discovered the looks of the pitch in Ranchi fairly misleading as he felt it has a correct grass cowl from a distance however on a more in-depth inspection, the all-rounder discovered that there have been a number of seen cracks and might be difficult for each the batting and bowling sides.

“I’ve never seen something like that before. I have got no idea so I don’t know what could happen. If you looked down one side of opposite ends it just looked different to what I am used to seeing, especially out in India. It looked green and grassy up in the changing rooms, but then you go out there it looked different: very dark and crumbly and quite a few cracks in it,” Stokes instructed BBC Sport.

England wouldn’t thoughts a rank turner within the fourth Test as a result of help to spinners from the phrase go will make it a level-playing area, vice captain Ollie Pope stated on Wednesday.

The Tests in Hyderabad, Visakhapatnam and Rajkot all had sporting pitches, which weren’t predominantly spin-friendly and had one thing for everybody.

“If it does spin from ball one, it takes the toss out of the equation, then it’s an even playing field,” Pope instructed reporters.

“A lot of the time the wicket starts out flat and then deteriorates. We won the first game batting first, India the last two batting first. It doesn’t define the result if you bat first on slightly flatter wicket but it does give you an advantage,” he added.

(With PTI inputs)